Monday, 31 January 2011

You play air guitar for a band...

My song of 2010 sang to perfection by the ever adorable PS22 Chorus


Saturday, 1 January 2011

(not on time but) It's the End Of The Year list

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My blogging this year has been sporadic, but its not gone away totally and I wouldn't be a proppaah blogger if I didn't do one of these posts. God, I love a good list me.
And you know what, 2010 was pretty pretty good for me. Went to some festivals, Tony Hadley bought me a pint (gold) and I accidentally moved to north London.
I managed to make one of my new year resolutions from 2009 (finally going to Japan) but the great Burt Bacharach meeting is still elusive (hang on Burt, this year I'm coming for you).
Enough of that, let's have some lists...

Top 30 songs of 2010
1. *Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round Round
2. Janelle Monae - Locked Inside
3. Caribou - Odessa
4. Katy B - On A Mission
5. Mark Ronson - Bang Bang Bang
6. James Blake - Footnotes
7. Chilly Gonzales - Knight Moves
8. Blur - Fool's Day
9. Civil Civic - Less Unless
10. Katy B & Dynamite - Lights On
11. Gorillaz - Stylo
12. Primary 1 - Magic
13. James Blake - CMYK
14. The Streets - Puzzled By People
15. Gold Panda - Snow & Taxis
16. Ronika - Forget Yourself
17. Sky Ferria - One
18. Val-d'Isere - Pinpoint
19. NERD - Hot N Fun
20. Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Garden
21. Everything Everything - Photoshop Handsome
22. Mark Ronson - Somebody To Love Me
23. Drake - Best I Ever Had
24. Darwin Deez - Bad Day
25. Wretch 32 - Traktor
26. Distractions - All Night
27. Kiss Kiss Fantastic - Oh Carolina!
28. Catwalk - Please Don't Break Me
29. P Money - Slang Like This
30. Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours

** SPOTIFY PLAYLIST **

* There is a footnote to this list in that in fact my absolute favourite song of the year, by a country mile, isn't on this list. It's still under lock n key, biding it's time for place atop of many such lists this time next year.
Your Twenties, I'm looking at you and Long Forgotten Boy; my true bestest song of 2010.

Top 10 Albums of 2010
1. Everything Everything - Man Alive
2. Janelle Monae - The Archandroid
3. Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner
4. Chilly Gonzales - Ivory Tower
5. Darwin Deez - Darwin Deez
6. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
7. Take That - Progress
8. Lindstrom & Christabelle - Real Life Is No Cool
9. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
10. Male Bonding - Nothing Hurts


Favourite Gaga outfit is the year - The Cousin IT.



Cutest Cat video - The Secret Kitten


There we go; singles, albums, Gaga and youtube videos of kittens. WHAT ELSE IS THERE?
Happy new year y'all

-- Alex